There are 8 ways to get from Bucharest to Otranto by plane, bus, car, car ferry, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Brindisi Airport, bus
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)OTP - BDS
- Take the bus from Lecce - Camera di Commercio/Stazione to Otranto - Stazione FSE
7h 45m€140–316Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Brindisi Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)BBU - BDS
- Take the bus from Lecce - Camera di Commercio/Stazione to Otranto - Stazione FSE
13h 54m€73–302Bus, Leonetti Bus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bari Porto
- Take the bus from Bari to Lecce - Autostazione
- Take the bus from Lecce - City Terminal to Otranto - Stazione FSE101 / ...
30h 27m€157–178Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bucharest to Port Of Vlora
- Take the car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Drive from Porto Di Brindisi to Otranto
18h 32m€205–319Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)OTP - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Lecce
- Take the bus from Lecce - Camera di Commercio/Stazione to Otranto - Stazione FSE
12h 40m€140–407Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI)OTP - BRI
- Take the bus from Bari Airport to Matera piazza Matteotti
- Take the train from Altamura to Bari Centrale
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Lecce
- Take the bus from Lecce - Camera di Commercio/Stazione to Otranto - Stazione FSE
13h 55m€122–252Bus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Durrës
- Take the bus from Durrës to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto
- Take the bus from Brindisi to Otranto, Via Orte
36h 4mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to SofiaIr
- Take the bus from Sofia to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Taranto Port
- Take the bus from Taranto via Porto Mercantile to Otranto, Via Orte
38h 38m
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Brindisi Airport (BDS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Otranto is to bus and Leonetti Bus which costs €150 - €180 and takes 30h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Otranto is to fly and bus which takes 7h 45m and costs €140 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Otranto. However, there are services departing from București, Autogara Militari and arriving at Otranto - Stazione FSE via Sofia, Tirana, Bari and Lecce - City Terminal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 27m.
The distance between Bucharest and Otranto is 908 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Otranto without a car is to bus and Leonetti Bus which takes 30h 27m and costs €150 - €180.
It takes approximately 7h 45m to get from Bucharest to Otranto, including transfers.
Bucharest to Otranto bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from București, Autogara Militari station.
Bucharest to Otranto bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Sofia station.
Otranto is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 8:38 PM in Bucharest and 7:38 PM in Otranto.
There are 1910+ hotels available in Otranto.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Otranto, Apulia, Italy?
You can take a bus from București, Autogara Militari to Otranto - Stazione FSE via Sofia, Tirana, Bari, and Lecce - City Terminal in around 30h 27m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brindisi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bari Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Altamura to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://ferrovieappulolucane.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €41–45
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Bus from Lecce - Camera di Commercio/Stazione to Otranto - Stazione FSE
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Schedules at
- provincia.le.it
Bus from Lecce - City Terminal to Otranto - Stazione FSE
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Schedules at
- provincia.le.it
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- nelatraveltours@gmail.com
- Website
- nelatravel.site
Bus from Sofia to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- nelatravel.site
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +39081/969167
- servizioclienti@leonettiroma.it
- Website
- leonettiroma.it
Bus from Bari to Lecce - Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.leonettiroma.it/
- Phone
- +39 080 5790111
- info@cotrap.it
- Website
- cotrap.it
Bus from Bari Airport to Matera piazza Matteotti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Schedules at
- biglietteria.cotrap.it
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- hakbus.org
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Durrës to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Taranto Port
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +39 0912742800
- info@saistrasporti.it
- Website
- saistrasporti.it
Bus from Brindisi to Otranto, Via Orte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://saistrasporti.it/en-US
Bus from Taranto via Porto Mercantile to Otranto, Via Orte
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- https://saistrasporti.it/en-US
- Phone
- +30 210 9561630
- info@europeanseaways.com
- Website
- ferries.gr
Car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- https://www.ferries.gr/european-seaways/ferries.htm
- Phone
- +39 0831 575289
- Website
- starlines.it
Car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €41–42
- Website
- https://starlines.it/
- Phone
- +30 210 9561630
- info@a-ships.com
- Website
- a-ships.com
Car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Schedules at
- a-ships.com
- Deck /Air type
- €45
- Cabin
- €50–80
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